Nida Dar

Nida Rashid Dar (born 2 January 1987) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She is the current captain of the Pakistan women's national cricket team since April 2023.

Nida Dar
Personal information
Full name
Nida Rashid Dar
Born (1987-01-02) 2 January 1987
Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
NicknameLady Boom Boom
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 57)6 October 2010 v Ireland
Last ODI14 September 2023 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 14)6 May 2010 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I1 September 2023 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007/08–2009/10Pakistan Universities
2010/11–2018/19Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited
2014Sialkot
2019/20Sydney Thunder
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 84 108 156 173
Runs scored 1,290 1,207 3,506 2,064
Batting average 18.16 15.08 31.87 17.64
100s/50s 0/8 0/4 3/25 0/7
Top score 87 75 204 75
Balls bowled 3,448 2,084 6,128 3,290
Wickets 74 103 178 173
Bowling average 31.01 18.16 19.93 17.50
5 wickets in innings 0 1 1 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/15 5/21 5/20 5/8
Catches/stumpings 22/– 34/– 43/– 47/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 February 2023
Medal record
Representing  Pakistan
Women's Cricket
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2010 GuangzhouTeam
Gold medal – first place2014 IncheonTeam

An all-rounder, Dar is the most successful women's T20I bowler. She is the first Pakistani cricketer to take 100 wickets in T20Is. She has played domestic cricket for Pakistan Universities, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited, Sialkot and Sydney Thunder.[1][2]

Career

Dar made her One Day International debut against Ireland on 6 October 2010 in Potchefstroom, South Africa.[1]

She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut on 6 May 2010 against Sri Lanka at Basseterre, St. Kitts. She was selected to play in the 2010 Asian Games in China.[3]

On 6 June 2018, during the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup match against Sri Lanka, she took her first five-wicket haul and the best bowling figures by a Pakistan woman in WT20Is.[4][5] She finished the tournament as the highest wicket-taker for Pakistan, with eleven dismissals in five matches.[6]

In October 2018, she was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[7][8] Following the conclusion of the tournament, she was named as the standout player in the team by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[9] In January 2020, she was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[10] In Pakistan's match against England, she played in her 100th WT20I match.[11]

In June 2021, Dar was named in the Pakistan's squad across all formats for their away series against the West Indies.[12] In the opening match of the T20I series, she picked up her 100th wicket by dismissing Deandra Dottin in the 10th over of the first innings, and became the first bowler, male or female to take 100 wickets in T20I cricket for Pakistan.[13] Following the match, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) congratulated her for achieving the feat.[14]

In October 2021, she was named in Pakistan's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[15] In January 2022, she was named as the vice-captain of Pakistan's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[16] In May 2022, she was named in Pakistan's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[17]

In April 2023, the Pakistan Cricket Board appointed Dar as captain of the women’s national team.[18]

Personal life

Dar's nickname, "Lady Boom Boom", is an allusion to her batting firepower.[19] Her father Rashid Hassan was a first-class cricketer.[20]

Awards
  • PCB's Women’s Cricketer of the Year: 2021[21]

References
  1. "Player Profile: Nida Dar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. "Player Profile: Nida Dar". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. Khalid, Sana to lead Pakistan in Asian Games cricket event onepakistan. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  4. "Bismah Maroof, Nida Dar star in crucial Pakistan win". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  5. "Maroof 60*, Dar record five-for strangle Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  6. "Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, 2018, Pakistan Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  7. "Pakistan women name World T20 squad without captain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  8. "Squads confirmed for ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  9. "#WT20 report card: Pakistan". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  10. "Pakistan squad for ICC Women's T20 World Cup announced". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  11. "Nida Dar set to play her 100th T20I". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  12. "WI Women's Senior & 'A' Team squads named to face Pakistan in CG Insurance T20Is". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  13. "Nida Dar becomes the first Pakistan player to 100 T20I wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  14. "PCB congratulates Nida Dar on completing century of T20I wickets". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  15. "West Indies to tour Pakistan for three ODIs from November 8; Javeria Khan to lead the hosts". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  16. "Bismah Maroof returns to lead Pakistan in World Cup 2022". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  17. "Women squad for Commonwealth Games announced". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  18. "PCB names Nida Dar as women's captain, Mark Coles as head coach". DAWN. 6 April 2023.
  19. Hart, Chloe (18 October 2019). "Pakistan's Nida Dar ready to make WBBL history with Sydney Thunder". ABC News. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  20. "Rashid Hassan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  21. "Rizwan, Babar, and Shaheen bag PCB Awards 2021". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
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